Infosys Founder Narayan Murthy in his penetrating analysis of the current socio-economic clearly underscores the importance of building trust so that there is economic development.He also points out that we have to build up an atmosphere so that there is no fear among the minorities of the country. He strongly advocates for peace so that economic growth is ushered.

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Recently, when I sent through the following link, I got an idea of how trust-deficit has impact on internal democracy of a part. Go through the link below, and see the implications of distrust in a part, which is considered the hope of India.

Power-struggles are not new in political parties. But, when a new party which proclaims to represent the aspirations of the common man is grip by this syndrome, then eye-brows are raised. AAP's coming into power in Delhi has given a new hope to the people. who now think of joining politics,as they think it is not a dirty game. But, if AAP does not set its house in order, then it will alienate the people who will lose interest in participating in the political process of a country.

Saturday, 28 February 2015

Political analysts
ascribe one of the prime factors for the victory of Arvind Kejriwal in recent
assembly elections in Delhi to his act of seeking apology from the people of
Delhi while compaigning for Delhi elections. The apology which he sought was
for his past act when when last time he quit as Chief Minister against the huge
expectations of the people. This may be true to a great extent as this
certainly struck an emotional chord in the people's minds as people appeared to be swayed by his sincerity due to his act of apology. I don't know whether thee is any precedence of politicians asking apology from the people, or the electorate..

May be based on Arvind Kejriwal's style, Nitish Kumar, who has become Chief
Minister of Bihar again, also recently asked apology from the people of Bihar for not
understanding their feelings as he had quit as Chief Minister and made Manjhi
the Chief Minister. It now appears that 'apology' word will now be used as an
emotional weapon to woo the electorate. At a time when trust-deficit in
politics is becoming wider, this is a desperate act to connect with the people
psychologically. A feeling of sincerity may be implicit in this, but I fear
that this may start a trend when we may
see increasing uses of the word 'apology' by the politicians when their action
backfires. It will be hard to distinguish between the real and fake. Instead of
restoring trust, the germs of distrust will spread more.

Cases of seeking apologies by the leaders/chief executives of organizations
in in any field may be very less as this requires great effort in shedding
arrogance. It requires a great degree of magnanimity too. But, if we see a
rising trend of politicians seeking apologies, then we may feel that why
politics is only a field where seeking apology is required? The trust-deficit in politics is so huge that the strategy of 'apology' may not work. Politicians will have to devise other strategies..

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I am a writer primarily on cooperatives based in Delhi.I like to write on other issues which are close to my heart.The issue of trust is very significant for me.I consider 'trust' as a key element for not only human relationships,but also for successful organisational as well as developmental initiatives.With MPhil in International Relations from JNU,I have keen interest in analysing issues from an inter-disciplinary perspective.You can contact me at svvermas318@gmail.com